The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes terday. The Duchess of Northumberland had an audience yesterday of the Queen. The following joined the Royal circle at dinner last evening : —the Earl and Countess of Cowper, Earl of Fingall, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Melgund, Viscount Melbourne, and Lord Fitzalan. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended at the Palace during the evening. The band of the Cold st. eim Regiment of Foot Guards were in attendance at the Palace on Thursday evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a car riage yesterday. Prince George of Cambridge visited her Majesty yesterday, at Marlborough House. A deputation, including Mr. Itobinson, Sir Thomas Coch rane, Mr. T. N. Hunt, and Mr. Brocking, had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The Duke of Devonshire had a dinner party on Thursday, at Devonshire House. FASHIONABLE INTELLI GEN CE. ARRIVALS. E. Morris, Esq., and family, at Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar square, from Ramsgate ; S. W. Blake, Esq., at ditto, from Hastings; H. Courthorpe, Esq., at ditto, from Bath; J. Bla grove, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; C. Smith, Esq., at ditto ; Bellingham B. Hankey, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; Johnson, at ditto; Sir Doury Dickenson, at ditto, from Dublin ; Mrs. George and family, at ditto, from Paris ; M. G. R. Gosselin, at ditto, from Paris ; the Chevalier La Feste, at ditto, from ditto ; T. Bird, Esq., and Miss Bird, at ditto, from Brussels ; Joseph Mallaby, Esq., and Mrs. Mal laby, at ditto, from Warrington ; Miss Vyse, at Everall's (late Gordon's) Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Stoke-place; the Earl and Countess of Winchilsea, in Hill -street, from East vrell-park, Kent ; the Marquis of Northampton, at Thomas's Hotel, from Castle Ashby; Earl de Grey, from Wrest House; Lord Colville, in Portland-place ; the Earl Romney, in York atreet, St. James's, from the Mote, Kent; Lord Marsham, in ditto, from Bexley House, near Maidstone ; the Dowager Lady Radstock and the Hon. Misses Waldegrave, in Park square, from St. Leonard's-on-Sea; William Portal, Esq., and Miss Portal, at Long's Hotel, Bond -street, from Laver stock ; W. Bytbesea, Esq., and Mrs. Bythesea, at ditto, from Fresbford ; Sir H. Paulett, Bart., at ditto, from Brighton ; Messrs. Chater and Norton, at ditto, from Yorkshire ; Montgomery, Esq., at ditto, from Edinburgh / . Captain Downes and Captain Levett, at ditto ; Rev. Mr. Leycester, and Lady de Tabley, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Wales; Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart., and Mr. Macdonald, at ditto, from Bath ; Rev. Mr. Deighton, at ditto ; Rev. Mr. Ellmann, at ditto ; C. W. Everett, Esq., at ditto, from Salis bury ; the Rev. Principal Macfarlane, at Cox's Hotel, Jer zuyn-street, from Glasgow ; Rev. Dr. Matheson, at ditto, from Montreal; Deputy- Assistant Commissary General Macfarlane, at ditto, from Foreign Service. DEPARTURES. Gilbert Greenall, Esq., and Mrs. Greenall, from Everall's (late Gordon's) Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Welderspool Ball, Warrington ; the Rer. R. Greenall, from ditto, for Cambridge ; John Greenall, Esq., and family, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Lord Charles Paulett, from Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar -square, for Paris : J. Lynch, Esq., from ditto, fur Dublin ; Colonel Cameron, from ditto, for Sunbury ; J. Mid dleton, Esq., from ditto, for Southampton; J. Colborn, Esq., from ditto, for Cork : W. Markham, Esq., from ditto, for Y , oughal ; J. P res t on , E sq ., f rom di tto, f or N orw i c h ; W . tNoper, Esq., and J. Van Vart, Esq., from ditto, for Bir tzslnghana ; T. Ashworth, Esq., and G. Haywood, Esq., from ditto, for Bolton ; J. Cobden, Esq., from ditto, for Manches ter ; Captain Claxton, from ditto, for Bristol ; W. Reade, Esq., and M rs . R ea d e , from ditt o , f or t h e i r seat , C ong l eton Hall, Cheshire; Colonel Tylden, from ditto, for Norfolk ; J. Dale, Esq., and G. Rippen, Esq., from ditto, for Newcas. tle ; Charles Hyde, Esq., from Nerot's Hotel, Clifford and Cork -streets, for the Continent ; Dr. Blackall, from ditto, for Exeter ; Sir Edward Owen, from ditto, for Bagshot ; Thomas Oliver, Esq., from Long's Hotel, Bond-street, for Paris ; Stanton Kerwan, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland ; R. Gordon, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; Rycroft Best, Esq., from ditto, for Cheltenham; J. Pinder, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; Sir John Hilton, Bart., from ditto, for Conway ; Geo. Ferguson, Esq , from ditto, for Cadiz ; Pinsent . Benham, .Esq., from ditto, for Maidstone ; Count Cannizzaro de Rechen, for Paris ; Lord Lowther, from Carlton-terrace, for tCottesmore, Rutla.ndshire ; Vice-Admiral Sir R. Otway, for Sheerness ; Lord Ramsay, for Dalhousie Castle, N. B. ; Sir W. Parish, for Brighton ; Sir W. aad Lady Montagu, for clitto ; Lord Macdonald, for Melton Mowbray ; Sir Robert Harland, Bart., from Thomas's Hotel, for his seat, in Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Villiers Shelley, from ditto, for their seat, Mansfield Park, Lewes, Sussex ; Lord Wriothesley Russell, for Chenies, Bucks ; Lady Caroline Thynne, from Upper .Brook-street ; Sir Charles Thornton, for Kew ; Sir James Flower, Bart., for Eccles Hall, Norfolk ; Lord Holmesdale, far Canterbury ; Mr. Hoare, from York-street, St. James's, :for Barnes, Surrey ; Mr. William Hope, for Russleton Hall, ?Kettering, Northamptonshire ; Mr. Luhell, from Simmous's Hotel, Conjait-street, for Dorsetshire. The Lord Advocate of Scotland transacted business an the Board of Trade yesterday. Sir J. Owen and Sir _Richard Phillips had tee...lows with the President. Captain Pettey, of the Trinity House, also transacted business with ' President. - The Earl and Countess of Cawdor gave their second rand dinner on Thursday evening, in South Audley-street, to the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, the Dowager Lady Cawdor, And a select party. The Right Hon. T. Grenville entertained the Arch bishop of York, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Duchess ' Countess of Sutherland, Earl and Countess of Burlington, and s select party at dinner ye s t er d ay , at hi s res id enc e, Cleve lane-square. The Earl of Munster has arrived in town, from his mansion at Brighton. The Bishop of Clo g h e r an d L a dy Robert Totten ]ha m arrived at Nlivart's Hotel last evening, from the Palace, Lord Alvanley has left town, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton. The Earl of Yarmouth does not intend to visit town this season, and has let his mansion in Tilney-street to Colonel Fremantle, Coianel- Commandant of the Coldstream Guards. A splendid piece of plate, valued at 600 guineas, is to be presented by the officers of the Royal Marines to Lord George Lennox, M. P., for his successful advocacy of their claims in Parliament. The Prince and Princess of Capua were visited yes terday at Mivart's Hotel, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Among the Nobility who have visited their Royal Highnesses are the Marquis of Anglesey, Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, Dowager Countess of Cork, Coun tess of Chichester ' Lady Mary Talbot, &c. The Duke of Somerset, after holding the office of President of the Literary Fund thirty-three years, has re signed it, and has been succeeded by the Marquis of Lans downe, Sir Robert Peel will give a grand banquet on Sa turday, the 7th of April, to the Russian and Austrian Ambas sador, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sall .bury, &c. DLIELIN, MARCH 22.—The Duke and Duchess of Leinster arrived at their agent's House, in Dominick staset on Patrick's night, to attend the Castle Ball, about six o'clock. The coach trunks were taken to the bed-room, on the drawing-room floor, and the jewel box was also left on the table near the staircase, and before seven o'clock the box was stolen out of the small leather case. The only persons in the house were four servants. At present there are no sus picions against any person. The garden-door to the stable was unlockezi, but up to the present moment not the slightest clue has been got at concerning this robbery. SMALL DEBT COURT.-It may not be generally known to our readers, that in Scotland a husband is not liable for ready money borrowed by his wife, unless by his special ;permission. A case of the same kind was tried in the Justice sof Peace Court yestorday, and the defender assoilzied. Mr. George Robins, it would seem, does not confine his' , professional exertions .to the united kingdoms, nor to Ame rica. where alone he has sold more than one million acres of land; for an announcement this evening brings his descriptive i ssowres into request in panegerising one of the most favoured estates in Tuscany. His persuasive statement will cause many o f s lur English invalids to wish they had passed this severe win ter lel Tuscany. Roses in full bloom, in the open air, during the lat,l severe season, would be an agreeable surprise to an English ve3ident. EDINI3URGH PETITION AGAINST ENDOW uRNTs.—The Scotsman says—Our readers will be glad to learn that this petition, which has lain for signature little more than seven days, has received, in that short_ space, nearly 12,300 names. It has bee n dis p atched to London, and is tentrusted to Lord Brougham for presentation to the House of Lords, and to Mr. Gillon for p resentation to the House of Commons. THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL.--WC are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published the new naval novel, entitled " Outwar Bound ; or, a Merchant's Adventures," by the author of " Paulin the Reefer," " The Old Commodore," &c. Mr. Colburn has also jest published Lady Stepney's new novel " The Courtier's Daughter," Mr. Jerrold's " Men of Cha racter," Mr. Miller's new historical romance, " Royston Gower ; or, the Days of King John," and " Love," a novel, Its) , Lady Charlotte Bury. PENNY POSTS.—We (the Pilot ) have often brought under the notice of the Post-office a grievance under vibich the community labour by the Penny Posts being shut for le length of time previous to the despatching of the mails. The Iligh-street Penny Post (within five minutes' walk of the General Post-offices actually shuts at half-past one for the North Mail, which does not leave the Post-office until four o'clock. These Penny Posts were surely intended to give the Utmost accommodation to the public, particularly to mercan noi the case at present. It is tile men. This is certainly really surprising how this has beei: suffered to exist so long, and can only be accounted for—like n: any other things—that 'what is ev e rybody's business is nobody's. We ho p e this hint will not be lost upon Sir E. Lees. SEVENTY-NINTH HIGHLANDERS,-011 Mon day .evening, the 12th inst., Mr. J. Jardine, merchant, Can bongate, Edinburgh, presented to the Serjeants of the 79th - Itiehlanders a very handsome silver placed liquor-stand, as a lurk of his respect and esteem for their highly honourable 4 € 114 'gs with him since their arrival in that city. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your report of what fell from me in the House of Lords on Thursday evening, you have made a mistake as to the letter of which I read an extract. It is true that the Baptists of Jamaica have released all their apprentices—at least so I have been informed ; but I did not say that the writer of the letter I quoted was of that communion. He is not so, but he is, I think, certainly the most wealthy resident proprietor in Jamaica, and second to no person I ever had the pleasure of being acquainted with, in talent, liberal feeling, and general acquirements. May I hope that you will be kind enough to insert this notice in your publication of this evening. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, _ SLIGO. Mansfield-street, March 24. MONEY and COMMERCIAL MARKET. (From the Morning Papers of this day, Saturday.) TlMES.—After an interval of several days, during which nothing could be said with the least certainty to account for the rise in Dutch stock, the matter has assumed a definite shape, which amounts to this—that the King of Holland is understood to have come to the resolution of si g ning the 24 articles relative to Belgium , which have hitherto kept the two countries from the final adjustment of their differences, and left Holland burdened with the whole of the public debt contracted previous to the separation. Now that the truth is known, there are very few persons here, and the state of opinion is said to be the same in the commercial towns of Holland, who do not think the cause assigned a very inadequate one for the great rise in value which the enormous Dutch debt has experienced within a very short space of time, and that too at a period when the credit of the Government was begin ning to be shaken by the recent large additions made during peaco to that debt. In fact, many persons doubt the sin cerity of the King of Holland in making the declaration as cribed to him ; some even doubt the truth of the statement to that effect ; and others even ascribe to him the sinister intention of allowing these rumours to get into circu lation of completing by such means in a more successful man ner his financial measures for the Session. But, were all doubts on his side removed, there are others started with re spect to the assent of Belgium to such a mode of settling the differences between the two countries; so that the best state of things which can follow is, the renewal of negotiations the issue of which must be uncertain for many months, and which may ultimately come to nothing. if nothing el se can raise a new dispute, there is the pregnant question of the debt, and from what period Belgium shall assume that por tion of it which it was originally intended by the treaty should be done. It is worthy, perhaps, of remark in this matter, that so great was the ignorance which prevailed even in the best com mercial circles in Holland and Belgium, as well as in London, the cause of the advance, that merchants were mutually seek ing information of their correspondents ; that the letters from both sides were occupied with inquiries why the Dutch funds had risen. 'Who the chief operators were, for whom the pur chases were made, by which the advance was produced, re mains to be ascertained, but there is a strong impression abroad that the whole is the result of some deep-laid and art ful manoeuvre by which the public of both countries are to be made to suffer. Some serious reaction in prices seems as the natural result of all this to be very generally looked for. MORNING Posr.—A morning paper, which has been la bouring for some days past to get up a prejudice against the Bank Directors for sending a limited amount of specie to the United States—a measure which has received the unqualified approval of the mercantile interests both here and at Liverpool —has at length abandoned its positions relative to this matter, as no longer tenable. A portion of the evidence given before the Bank Committee of the House of Commons is introduced into its columns, the tendency of which is to show not only that the present proceeding of the Directors is by no means without a precedent, but that the transmission of gold to foreign countries has, under particular circumstances, been at tended with results highly beneficial to this : and that similar shipments on the part of private individuals have not been found to be equally availing for the object contemplated — namely, the rectifying of the course of exchange. The spe culations of the journal alluded to are thus admitted, if we are correct in the interpretation we put upon the reference made by it to this evidence, to have been unfounded. The truth has, by some meaas or other, been at length forced upon the conviction of the writer. This is sufficiently proved by what follows the extract from the evidence published. It is urged against the Bank that the Directors are in the present instance shipping gold to the United States, with a view rather to the profit that may accrue to them from such an operation than as a means of restoring the equilibrium of the exchanges, and of serving the manufacturers in the north of England and the merchants of both communities, for such it undoubtedly will be. That the Bank Directors are coun tenanced by the merchants in the course they are pursuing is evident, from the circumstance of their being associated in it with two leading firms in the trade ; but then the discovery is ma-le that one of the partners of the London establishment is also a member of the Bank Direction. This fact is brought into view, we suppose, to awaken, if possible, a fresh suspicion of the purity of the Bank ; but how happens it that if the transaction complained of be destitute of that mercantile cha racter which has been imputed it should be promoted by the parties referred to ? Altogether a more wretched attempt to put a bad construction on a good motive than is to be found in the present case we never witnessed. MORNING CHRONICLE.—There is beginning to be a good deal of conversation in the higher monetary circles of the City about an important letter which has been received at the Bank of England from Mr. Biddle, and which is said to contain a decided declaration of war between the Bank of England and the Bank of the United States. It seems that this letter has been provoked by the treatment which Mr. Jaudon has re ceived from the Bank Directors since his arrival in London, and particularly in the refusal to allow him to open an account at that institution, which has been considered as an affront by the Bank of the United States. This would appear to have been totally unexpected by Mr Biddle, who supposed that his esta blishment was upon the best of terms with the directors of the Bank of England, who had just previodsly sent out offers of credit to the Bank of the United States, but which were very courteously refused. Mr. Biddle is now said to have foreseen the danger of taking any credit from the Bank of England; the irregularity of the management of which had been exhibited in the destruction of the large American houses in London and Liverpool, and which caused him to abstain from all obligations to an institu tion which would not hesitate to withdraw their advances at the first moment of panic or alarm. The very circumstance of the Bank Directors having sent the letter by the Post office, consequently by way of Halifax, and causing it neces sarily to be nearly a month behind the time at which it would have been received by the regular packets from Liverpool or London to New York, was itself an evidence of the superan nuated manner in which such important negociations continued to be conducted by the Bank. Under these circumstances it as thought more advantageous to establish a direct agency in England, and Mr. Jaudon, in corning here, requested, as we are informed, neither credit nor favour of any description from the Bank of England, but solely to be allowed to deposit his money and draw upon it in the ordinary way; and which the Directors in strictness had not the right to refuse. In the meantime, Mr. Cowell, the agent of the Bank of England, arrived in the United States, and was received by Mr. Biddle in the most hospitable manlier, tieing furnished vrith apartments in the Bank, and his mission facilitated in every possible manner by Mr. Biddle, and to an extent which is allowed to have largely contributed to the successful collection of the money of which Mr. Cowell went in search. In the midst of all this came out the advices that Mr. Jaudon had been so degradingly treated by the Bank Directors ; and the letter which has now been received is said to be one in which Mr. Biddle expresses great indignation against the Board, requesting, at the same time, that the remaining business of the winding-up of the affairs of the suspended houses, in conjunction with Mr. Cowell, might be instantly removed elsewhere. The most important point in connection with this business at this moment is the apprehension that this schism will counteract, in some measure, the present operation of the Bank of England in sending out gold. As far as the Bank Proprietors are con cerned there ought to be no consideration, but the public will be the chief sufferers. It was a matter of no small s u rp r i se to every one that in making so large a shipment of specie the Bank should have consigned it to a private firm, but this is now explained. The Bank of the United States will, no doubt, commence purchasing bills, as soon as the intentions of the Bank of England are known, which will neces sarily occasion a rise in the rate of exchange, while the moral effect of this importation of bullion into New York will lessen the premium on gold, thereby rendering the advantages expected by the Bank of England from this transaction extremely problematical. By the last advice?, the rate of exchange on London was 107, and the premium on gold 3. To the rate must of course be added commission, freight, and insurance, 2 per cent., making the exchange 109 to the Bank, and deducting from this 3 per cent., the premium on the gold, there remains only 3i per cent., the difference between the reduced sum and the par of exchange, 109 i, fur interest and profit to the proprietors of Bank Stock. This would be the result were matters to remain stationary ; but, as we have already stated, the natural expectation is that there will be an advance in the exchange, and a depression in the premium, and then what will be the position of tho Bank of England? Had the United States Bank been employed on th:s occasion there would not, of course, have been so much risk of such an event, as this powerful institution would have been interested in making the operation work well; whereas, by the , e, may existing b e fairly arrangement, expected. its opposition, ln nevery as respect a i questiont has very imprudent to provoke the malice of so far-sight a!na and so bold an operator as the President of the Bank of the United States ; the more so as, in this instance, he will be supported by the whole banking i n terests i of tie be e of been profit United States, where the Bank of England s already very unpopular, and will be rendered doubly s o by the treat ment of Mr. Jaudon, especially as it appears to be taken as an insult to their national pride. The very act of refusing the account of Mr. Jaudon was wrong, a s turning away from the Bank of England the very largest, and therefore the most profitable account which could be brought to any bankers who desire to do their duty to the proprietors of the stock of the Institution; and in numerous ways th e Di r ectors have injured the property of the shareholders, by this most imprudent and altogether needless provocation which has been offered to the Bank of the United States. That the Bank of England should regard the permanent establishment of Mr. Jaudon in London with considerable jealousy and displeasure wt: 3 can perfectly well understand ; b u t thi s d oes no t w arrant their dis courteous conduct towards him ; and it must be admitted on all hands, that the mission of Mr. Jaudon has been of the ut most importance to the commerce of both countries in many respects. The crop of cotton, for instance, could not have teen brought forward otherwise, under the position in which credit and confidence w ere pl ace d b o th i n th e United States and in England. Mr. Cowell has written home, we under stand, for instructions how to proceed, but we have not heard What is the nature of the reply of the Directors. MORNING HERALD. —There has been a greater disposition manifested to invest capital in commercial enterprise during this week, and it has bad the effact of improving the rate of interest on money for commercial purposes to a slight degree ; wliilst on the other hand it has tended to create considerable heaviness, not only in the Consul Market to-day, but also in some of the heaviest British securities. The Foreign Market has also felt the influence of this new turn in the tide of capital, and it has checked much of the late speculation in the Share Market. The transactions in the Foreign Exchanges have been but limited, and the rates have nut advanced upon those quoted on the last post day. On Paris they rule at 25f. 85c to 25f. 87, 1 2 -c. ; on Amsterdam, at 12 41- al2 4 ; on Rotterdam, at 12 4.1 a 12 5 ; and on Hamburg, at 13 13 a 13 131. The Railway Share Market has been very flat, and all de sir for present speculation in Railway Shares has vanished. Great Western has receded to 261 pm. ; Brighton are 21 Fm. ; Black wall, 2f pm. ; Southampton are 7; dig. ; the New Shares are 19 pm. Amongst the Miscellaneous Shares the great attraction con tinues to he those of the Asphalte Company, which have been done at 17 pm., but the closing quotation was 14 pm. Austra latia Bank Shares are 26 pm., and National Provincial Bank of England, If discount. Adverting to our short notice yesterday of the great meeting wnich had been held in Calcutta upon the important subject of an efficient communication by steam between Great Britain and our Indian territories, we find that many of the private letters received yesterday dwell, in energetic terms, upon the blessings which a perfect steam navigation would confer upon our Indian fellow-subjects, by bringing, as it were, metapho rically speaking, the two countries much neare: to each other. It appears that the desire of the natives to obtain a rapid per sonal communication with this country is increasing daily; and as nothing is so calculated to cement a perfect union of feeling between the more enlightened classes of the natives of our oriental empire and the British residents, these communica tions deprecate in strong terms, the apathy with which the kings of Leadenhall-street, and the Board of Control, have attended to so important a question. The following extract from the address of Baboo Dwarka nath Tangore, at the meeting to which we have referred, will be interesting, inasmuch as it may be taken as, representa tive of the general feelings of the native subjects, on the ques tion of a more rapid communication with this country : " We may get our letters sometimes a month, or sometimes two months earlier than without steam, but as far as personal communication with Europe, we are little aided. If we would go to England, we must contemplate a voyage of six months, during which nothing shall meet our eyes but an expanse of waters. If the parties could get their children placed at English seminaries, within a reasonable distance of time in communicating with them, and within a moderate length of passage, they would have been sent to Great Britain. The native population do wish for knowledge, but how are they to get it if they are shut out from access to its sources? They must be enabled to go to the spot whence it emanates ?" It is to be hoped that this powerful demonstration on the part of the leading British residents of Calcutta, as well as on the part of the principal native merchants, will have its influ ence upon the Court of East India Directors and the Board of Control. These are not times when foolish and impolitic prejudices, with a view of maintaining false principles of as cendency, are to be fostered ; the interests of British India must not be lost sight of, by those who draw such princely revenues from her fertile soil. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISIONS. MOY RIVER NAVIGATION. (From the Votes and Proceedings of thelliass of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 23. Report (22d March) from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills read; Motion made, said Question put,—" That the said Report be referred to the select Committee on Standing Orders :"—The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 19. Liddell, H. I'. Litton, Edward Molesworth, Sir W. Noel, Wm. M. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, M. J. O'Neil, J, Browne, R. D. Castlereagh, Viscount Dunbar, George French, F. Hogg, J. W. Ilouldsworth, T. Irving, John Jonnstone, Hope Planta, J. Rolleston, Colonel Rushbrooke, Colonel Somerset, Lord G. TELLERS. Perceval Colon 1 Lefroy, Dr. T. A gliemby, Major Baines, E. Baring, W. B. B..rnard, E. G. Bameby, Jahn Beamish, F. B. Bethell, Bewes, T. Bramston, T. W. Briscoe, J. Broadley, H wiry Brotherten, J. Bruges, W. H. L. Buller, E. Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Bulwer, E. L. Busfield, W. Callaghan. D. Campbell, W. F. Clive, R. H. Codrington, Sir a Ccurtenay, 1. P. Curry, W. Divett, E. Ellice, K .JORITY—NOES, Euston, Earl of Feilden, W. Ferguson, Sir Ronald Fitzsimon, N. 1. oft, John Freshtield, J. W Greene, I'. Halle, James Hawes, B. Hayter, W. G. Hodgson, R. Hughes, W. B. Hume, Joseph Humphery, J. Hutton, R. Knight, H. G. Langdale, Hon. C. Lister, E C. Lockhart, N. 11. Lygon, Hon. Gen. Master, Colonel Miles, P. S. Monypenny, T. G. Nagle, Sir It Ore, VV. Pala er, Robert Parker, N. E. N. Parrott, J. Philips, G. R. Protheree, E. Round C.G. Sanford, E. A. Sheppard, T. Spencer, Hon. F. Strickland, Sir G. Stuart, Lord James Stuart, W. Villiers Stutt, H. C. Tancred, H. W. Troubridge, Sir T. Vivian, Sir R. R. Walker, R. White, Andrew Wilbraham, G. Winnington, H. Wrightson, W. B. Yates, J. A. TELLERS. Aglionby, H. A. Lefeyre, C. Shaw FIRST FRUITS AND TENTHS 6 , -c. BILL. Read a third time ; Clause, " General Court not to be held duly constructed unless seven Governors are present, of whom one of the Privy Council, one of the Bishops, one of the Judges or Queen's Counsel, shall always be three," brought up, and read the first time ; Motion made and Question put, " That the said clause be read a second time :"--The House divided Beamish, F. B. Brocklehurst, J. Broth ert on, J. Hawes, B. :NORITY-AYES, O. M'Leod, R. Wallace, R. O'Connell, N. J. TELLIES. Salwey, Colonel Baines, E. Thornley, Thomas Ichinaird, Hon. A Acland, T. D. Baring, F. T. Bat emu), Sir-lt Campbell, W. F. Canning, Sir S. Chalmers, P. Clements, Lord Cole, Viscount Craig, W. Gibson Divett, Edward Douglass, Sir C. Duke, Sir Jame Forbes, \V . .JORITY-NOES, 37. Goulburn, H. Protheroe, Edward Hillsborough, Earl neddington, 'l'. N. Howard, P. H. Roche, D. Hughes, W. B. Rolfe, Sir R. M. Ingham, Robert Seymour, Lord Knight, Henry Golly Shaw, Frederick Lefroy, Rt. Hon. I'. Sibthorp, Colonel Lennox, Lord A. Sinclair, Sir Geerge Litton, Edward Stanley, E. J. MacKenzie, W. F. Tollemache, F. J. Nicholl, J. Perceval, Colonel Plumptre, J. P. Gladstime, NV. TELLERS. liarneby, John Inglis, Sir R. H. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's staghounds will meet on Monday at Cranfield ; Wednesday, at Hawthorn Hill ; Friday, at Stoke Green-12. The Duke of Beaufort's hounds on Monday at Stanton Park ; Thursday, at Yate Turnpike ; Saturday, at Tiltup's Inn. The Essex staghounds on Tuesday at White Roothing ; Friday, at Leaden Rootning-19. Sir T. Boughey's hounds on Monday at Blaekbrook ; Wednesday, at Loggerheads ; Saturday, at Ranton—half-past 10. Mr. Meynell's hounds on Monday at Eton Wood ; Thursday, at Swarkstone Bridge ; Saturday, at Bagot's Park—half-past 10. Marquis of Hastings's hounds on Monday at Coleorton Hall; Wed nesday, at Barton Guide Post ; Saturday, at Moira Baths—hf- p.lO. Mr. Leeche's hounds on Monday at Gresford ; Wednesday, at the Egerton Arms, Broxton ; Friday, at Wynnstay—half-past 10. The Somerford staghounds on Friday at Betchton House, near Sandback—quarter to 12. The Cheshire hounds on Monday at Sandiway Head ; Wednes day, at Dunham Massey; Thursday, at Mere Hall; Saturday, at Appleton Hall—half-past 10. Mr. Candler's hounds on Tuesday at Bredon Hill—half-past 10. The Tenbury hounds on Wednesday at Bromyard ; Saturday, at Weyman's Wood-9. Lord Petre's hounds on Monday at Mountnessine . Bridge ; Thurs day, at Woedham ; Saturday, at Nossey Wood—half-past b 10. The East Kent hounds on Monday at West Brabourne ; Wed nesday, at Gosley ; Saturday, at Sweech Gate—half-past 10. Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds on Monday at Monk's Wood; Wed nesday, at Covington-10. Sir R. Sutton's hounds on Monday at Esgle Village; Tuesday, at Legsby ; Wednesday, at Stainfield Hall ; Thuisday, at the Green Man ; Friday, at Kettlethorpe ; Saturday, at Langton by Wragby-11. Lord Yarborough's hounds on Monday at Barnoldby-le-Beck ; Wednesday, at Stallingborough ; Friday, at Claxby Wood-11. The Essex and Suffolk hounds on Tuesday at Gifford's Hall ; Friday, at Bedinford Angel—half-past 10. Mr. Giles's on Monday at Wall Hills ' • Thursday, at Limbury-10. Major- Gen. Wyndham's hounds on Monday at lfold ; Wednesday, at Dane Hill ; Friday, at Park Hitch ; Saturday, at Sladeland. Mr. Horlock's hounds on Monday at Monk Wood ; Wednesday, at the Shoe, Foss Road ; Saturday, at Yarnborough Gate—hf-p.lO. Mr. A. Smith's on Monday at Oare Hill ; Tuesday, at Charlton Clumps; Thursday, at Lower Wick Farm ; Friday, at Amesbury-11. Mr. Bulteel's hounds on Tuesday at Slade—half-past 10. The Tickham hounds on Monday at Kingsdewn Church ; Thurs day, at Long Beeeh—half-past 10. Mr. Mure's hounds on Monday at Little Statism ; Thursday, at Hicket Heath—half-past 10. Lord Portman's hounds on Monday at Stalbridge Park ; Thurs day, at Stock House. The Monmouthshire hounds on Monday at Craig Hill ; Thurs day, at Crowfield-10. The Ludlow hounds on Tuesday at Birtley Turnpike; Thursday, at Onibury Bridge ; Saturday, at Mary Knolls-10. The North Shropshire hounds on Tuesday at Twemlows ; Thurs day, at Petton ; Saturday, at Stoke Heath—quarter to 11. The Herefordshire Hounds on Monday at Dormington ; Wed nesday, at Aconbury Turnpike ; Friday, at the fifth mile stone, Froovne's Hill Road-10. Mr. S. Owen's hounds on Monday, at Condover Hall ; Wednes day, at Harley Village ; Friday, at Onslow—half-past 10. 'Th e B. V. H. hounds on TUesday, at Burton Common ; Satur day, at Hinton St. Mary. The Somerset Subscription hounds on Tuesday, at Raleigh's Cross ; Friday, at Crowcombe, Heathfiald. Mr. Tudway's hounds on Wednesday. at Maiden Bradley. LOUTH STEEPLE CHASE.- THLTIISD4 Y. The following horses started :—Mr. Cartwright's Trump, aged (Mr. J. Smith); Mr. Wilson's Diana, aged (Owner); Mr. Cook's Transport, aged (Mr. Nicholson) ; Mr. Whitworth's Gamester, aged (Owner) ; Mr. Trought's Threosh, aged (Mr. Evisen) ; Mr. H. Meredith's Corinne, aged (Mr. Brown) ; M r . W a lk e r' s Caledo nian, 6 yrs (Owner); Mr. L. Holmes's Mazeppa, aged (Owner); Mr. G. C. Healey's Sportsman, 6 yrs (Mr. Skipworth) ; Mr. G. J. Skipworth's Dale Boggle, aged (Owner) ; Mr. Greetham's Madcap, aged (Owner) ; Mr. Holland's Heather, 6 yrs (Mr. Bar tholomew). . . _ The race was very well contested till near home, when Trump got .he lead, kept it, and won in a canter. Transport second, but disqua. ified, being short of weight ; Caledonian third, and Gamester fourth, We are inclined to congratulate ourselves on the part we have taken in the promotion of the Shows at the Egyptian Hall, for nothing can be more flattering than an exhibition like that of last Saturday, and the manner in which it was attended. It was the result of six months' perseverance in a task which half the world would have abandoned the first month. When we look at the list of the Royal and Noble visitors, we feel assured that the Royal Society and Central School of Horticulture and Agriculture is properly appre ciated, not on account of professions which may or may not be fulfilled, but for the services actually performed during the first half year of its existence. Its rewards for agricultural and horticultural skill have been numeroucly and judiciously awarded. There are no jealousies engendered by the mode of distribution. The very best cultivators in the country are among the exhibitors, and no shows are so interesting.— Gar dener's Gazette. Yesterday morning workmen, under the direction of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, commenced fix ing an iron railing along portions of the embankment of the ornamental water in St. James's Park, to prevent accidents occurring by children slipping down the shelving sides of the walks into the water. It is not generally known that the Royal Family are subject to the demand of toll when passing over Battersea and Fulham and Putney Bridges; but such is the fact. On Friday, the 16th inst., Her Majesty Queen Victoria, on horse back, rod e , attended by her suite of 17 persons along the King's-road, passing down Smith-street, Chelsea. to Batter. sea-bridge. A gentleman's servant paid 2d. to Lloyd, the gatekeeper, for the horses of his master and himself, while the whole cortege proceeded on, except her Majesty's groom, who brought up the rear, and of whom 16d. was demanded for the horse of her Majesty and 15 others. The man, who taken by surprise, was totally unacquainted with the legal established custom, and unprovided with other means of de fraying it, instantly, without hesitation, banded to the turn pikeman a silk handkerchief as a pledge for the payment of his Royal mistress and her attendants. ACCIDENT BY IVlActuNEar.--Yesterday morn ing, about half-past nine o'clock, William Lloyd, one of the workmen employed on the premises of Messrs. Fowler and D yso n, of Park street, Borough, was in the act of oiling the cogs of a steam-engine While at work, when, by some means, his left hand was drawn in between the strap of the drum, and in an instant was torn completely of at the wrist. The un furtunate sufferer was directly conveyed to Guy's Hospital. BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE.—Very heavy seas have broke upon the Bell Rock during this winter, and the turns of the light-keepers for liberty on shore bare been irregular. On Saturday, the 25th February, in particular, h eav y sprays role 100. feet on the lighthouse, and caused a considerable tremor throughout the building. Heavy stones were thrown upon the rock by the sea, and some of them passed through the pool called 4 , Abbotsford," a nd were lodged In tipµ fairway of Port Erskine. One stone, measuring about three tons, Wwi removed to some distance from Dunskey ledae, but fortunately no do - me was done to the railways leading from thC W4aFf§:. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1:38. ziPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The proceedings last night in the House of Lords will he attended with most momentous results. After Lord B, ougham had presented upwards of 100 petitions from various towns and congregations, the Earl of Radnor, Lord Redesdale, and the Archbishop of Canterbury also a number of petitions, pray ing that the negro apprenticeships might terminate on the Ist of August next, the Bishop of London, who had a similar pe tition to present, took occasion to declare that, "if it could be presumed that the case was really as the petitioners repre sented, he certainly should have no hesitation in saying that it would be only just, as well as expedient, to put an early termination to the present system of apprenticeship, and that it would be for the advantage of all parties that steps should be taken as soon as possible to procure that end." The Right Rev. Prelate added, "that if the safety of the colonies was tube considered as dependent upon the frame of mind of the population at the end of the apprenticeship system ; and if there was any danger likely to result from the exasperated feelings of that population when that termination should arrive, he thought that less danger was likely to arise now than two years hence." After expressing this decided opinion that the benefit of all parties would be consulted by immediate freedom, the Right Reverend Prelate still had some doubts how far we were not barred by the compact from effecting what he had declared would be useful to all. " With respect (he said) to compen sation, he was aware that it was agreed to be paid to the planters, on the calculation of their retaining six years' services of the negroes, the Emancipation being deferred. But this country appeared now to -be fully of opinion that the same sum—if paid for immediate Emancipation—would be fully sufficient ; and, therefore, on pecuniary grounds, the planter would have no reason to complain. He was convinced that immediate Emancipation would be bene ficial to this country and to the colonies, but still he doubted whether this country was not bound to adhere to the com pact which bad been entered into..--( Hear.)" We are aware of the danger of setting aside compacts on the ground that the probability is you are thereby benefiting even those who claim their fulfilment. Still, what was afterwards urged by the Right Rev. Prelate so much more than out weighs this doubt, that it must, indeed, carry conviction to all unprejudiced minds that the adherence to the compact would, in reality, be to sacrifice the end to the means. We take the end of all legislation to be the welfare of those legis lated for, and his Lordship made it appear that to refuse to terminate the apprenticeships now would be to defeat the very end for which the Legislature was induced to sanction appren ticeships. " With respect to the negroes themselves," said his Lordship, "he must say that he thought there was little probability that the treatment which they would receive during the next two years, however humane it might be, and however it might tend to ameliorate their condition, would have the effect of rendering them satisfied with their present position, or with freedom when it should arrive ; but, on the contrary, they would feel that it had come slowly, and they would experience less gratification, therefore, and would feel less gratitude for the favour which had been conferred upon them ; whereas, if the great boon of immediate emancipation is ere given to them at once, it would have the great effect of stifling their feelings of hatred to the English people, and to the planters and overseers.---( Hear, hear. )" Well might Lord Brougham rejoice at the accession to the great cause of so influential a prelate as the Bishop of London. " During the last two or three days," said his Lordship, "he certainly had been amply, and more than sufficiently, re compensed for all the anxiety which he had felt during the whole progress of this great discussion. He had been recompensed by the declarations of several Noble Lords on the subject, first of the Noble Marquis who sat near him, and next by a Noble Lord opposite connected with the county of York ; and now, lastly, by the Right Rev. Prelate, in the calm and temperate, but most weighty, observations made by him on presenting the petitions to the House which had just been laid on the table..---( Hear, hear. )" If the planters are wise, they will themselves solicit the immediate termination of the apprenticeships. After such a weight of opinion, they must sue the utter impossibility of retaining the negroes longer in thraldom ; and it is always prudent to do with a good g race what cannot be avoided. r We consider the question, in fact, carried ; and it will be only mercy to the planters if Noble Lords and Members of the Lower House pronounce their decided o pi n i on w i t h as li tt l e delay as pos- si )le, in order to annihilate in the planters any expectation of the possibility of continuing the apprenticeship system. "If 'twere done, 'twere well it were done quickly."—Morning Chronicle. Mg,. F. O'CONNOR AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL. In the Cork Southern Reporter the following correspond ence appears:— " Denham-cottage, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1838. 6; My Lord,—l beg to enclose you a copy of an extract from your Lordship's speech upon Mr. Fielden's motion for a repeal of the Poo r-law Am endment Act, as reported in the ondon papers, and beg to know if your Lordship's words have been correctly reported ; and, if so, whether or not you meant the following sentence-4 and but few for character,' as a pplicable to me. May I reque st an immediate answer ? " I have the honour to be your Lordship's obedient servant, " FEARGUS O'CONNOR. To Lord John Russell." " Whitehall, Feb. 28, 1838. " Sir,—l do not think lam in any way bound to give an explanation of words used by me in the House of Commons concerning public measures, and when no reference was made individually to you.—Your obedient servant, " J. RUSSELL." MR. O'CONNOR'S ANSWER. " Denha n-cottage, March 1, 1838. "My Lord,—_l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your reply to my note of Tuesday last, and beg to say that your Lordship' s conc l u di ng sentence i s a ll t h at I cou ld require; whilst, at the same time, I trust you will pardon my ignorance of that part of your Lordship's fetter, referring to the license which a debate upon a public measure may furnish for com menting upon general character.—Your obedient servant, " FEARGUS O'CONNOR." We hear, and that on authority to which we give im plicit confidence, deplorable accounts of the proceedings in the Shaftesbury Election Committee. It is composed of seven Tories to four Liberals, which alone speaks volumes. But we understand the minority do not even divide against the strange decisions of the Committee, which thus have the ap. pearance of being unanimously adopted. We have the au thority of a Counsel for saying that the conduct of this Com mittee exceeds in unjustifiableness everything he has witnessed either in th e fi rs t S ess i on of this or that of any former Parlia 'llent• Yesterday morning they struck off the voters of a %•.:ti . ole parish ( Stomer Provost) on the objection that the Re %ising Barrister did not legally adjourn the Rev isi ng Court. This is sacrificing the rights of constituencies with a yen- Feance. It is really going beyond the licence which even a Try Co mm i t t ee m i g ht be e xpected to take. On this prin ciple half o f th e cons tituencies of England might be d:sfran ehised for some quibble. —Morning Chronicle. SUICIDES AT WATERLOO BRIDGE. — Since the Ist of January last, six individuals, three females and three have terminated thei- existence by throwing themselves off Waterloo-bridge. Two other persons who had likewise jumped off, intending to drown themselves, were saved. Monday night, about eight O'clock, the brig Active, (A Poole, Captain W. Lisby, from St. Übas, for Liverpool , with , a cargo of wine and corkwood, went on Rhineshark bar , , in I ramore Bay. The crew, seven in number, ap d roached the shore, but returned to the vessel, remained there Monday night, and came ashore Tuesday morning. The Captain sup posed that he was going up the Channel, to the eastward of I . uskar. He had been sailing in company with a large brig, of whose fate he is ignorant. The Active, it is expected, will get off when the gale abates.— irateVord Chronicle. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) (From our Second Edition of last nigl.t.) TAMWORTH. After a few unimportant questions, the object of which was to elicit that Captain .20Court had taken possession of property under the wilt of Mr. Reppington, Mr. Calvert, for the petitioners, submitted to the Committee that the will had superseded the rent-charge, and done away with the qualification. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER left the case of the sitting Member in the hands of the Committee, who after a short consultation declared the sitting Member duly elected. HULL. The Committee then struck otlti;evote of Robert Wright, and re tained that of William Watson, jun. Thomas Wasson, cooper, was next objected to. The voter was called and examined by Mr. Austin. He depo4ed that on the day of polling, a person named M` A clerk to Mr. Gleadon, brewer, came to the shop where he was working, and offered him 10s. to vote for Messrs. Wilberforce and James. He refused to vote for that sum, and required 11. 10s., which M'Allum agreed to give him. They went to the poll together, and on their return M'A Hum placed a card in his hand, under which was IL 10s. They then drove to the Shakspeare, when the voter was treated with roast beef, and had five or six glasses of brandy, for which he did not pay. The witness was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. MES SMER, but nothing material was elicited to shake his testimony. The Committee adjourned before the re-examination had been con el ,aled. PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA- MENT.-(YESTERDAY.) (From our Second Edition of last night.) SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS (No. III.) Mr. AGLIONBY in the Chair. Herne Gas.---Petition for Bill read—to light the town of Herne Bay with gas. Notices proved, unopposed, Standing Orders complied with. West Durham Railway.—Adjourned by leave sine die. Linton (Cambridgeshire) Inclosure—Petition from Land owners for Bill, to enclose commonable meadow and other lands. It appeared that a Bill is now pending in the House for the inclosure of lands in the parish of Linton ; but there are other lands in the parish of Hadstock, which it is now sought to include in that Bill. But as no notices had been given in the parish of Hadstock, the Committee decided that the Standing Orders had not been complied with. Lough Swilly Embankment.—Adjourned by leave, until Tuesday next. Saltash Floating Bride.—This case being called on, the puties for the petition did not appear, it was therefore ad ourned sine die. Belfast Waterworks, (No. 2. )--( By adjournment from yes terday. )—Petition for Bill read, from the Marquis of Donegal, claiming the rights of Lord of the Manor of Belfast. This petition was to the same effect as the petition of the Belfast Waterwork Company, or the Belfast Charitable Company, (for they were styled both) for a Bill, in the case of the Belfast Waterworks (No. 1), of which we gave a report the other day. Petition in opposition to the Bill read, from the Belfast Charitable Company, containing not less than 20 objections. Petition also, i❑ opposition, read from occupiers of land and houses in the immediate neighbourhood of the waterworks. Petition also in opposition read from occupiers of bleach grounds in the same neighbourhood. The agent for the petition in favour of the Bill contended that the petitions of the Marquis of Donegal, and of the other petitioners against the Bill, could not be entertained, as they were not presented three clear days before the first day appointed for the sitting of this Committee, according to the Standing Order, No. 4, Page 8. The room was then cleared, after which the Chairman announced the decision of the Committee was that the peti tioners in opposition were at liberty to pro.xed with such oppo sition, as their petitions must be considered as having been pre sented three clear days before the Committee met on the 20th of February by adjournment (owing to the * failure of the agent for the Bill in having left his Notice at the Private Bill Office) although three clear days Notice had not been given before the 13th of February, the day when the petition for the Bill first stood in the paper for hearing. The question of Notices was then gone into. It was objected that Notices were not affixed on the doors of the parish Church upon three successive Sundays, inas much as it was alleged by a parishioner who was examined, but whose name we could not learn, that no notice was on the Church door on one of the Sundays, although it was distinctly averred by affidavit, sworn in Ireland before the Assistant-Barrister, of another parishioner, that he had so affixed such notices in the regular way. On cross-examination the witness admitted that the Clergy man of the parish threatened to tear down, and did, witness believed, tear down the Notices on the particular Sundays referred to The Notices were allowed to remain on the door of the carriage entrance to the Church, but not upon the door of the Church itself. Decided that the Standing Orders had been complied with, as the Notices had been affixed to th , 3 Church doors, which was all that the Standing Order relative to them required. The list of assents, dissents, and neuters was then objected to, as not complete, and as stating them to be so, merely " according to the best of deponent's knowledge and belief." Upon this, a long argument ensued. It being announced that the Speaker was at prayers, the Committee adjourned until Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock. COMMITTEE ON BILL--(SURREY LIST). Ms. KEMPLE in the Chair. This Committee was occupied to-day in altering and agree ing to various clauses, in which nothing of importance was in cluded, several of the disputed points having been adjusted. Adjourned until Monday. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, ALuteu 23. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition agreed to at one of the largest public meetings ever assembled, held at Exeter Hall, and though it was only signed by two indivi duals, yet it expressed the sentiments of every person who had entered that meeting, praying for the im mediate abolition of Negro-apprenticeship. The Noble and Learned Lord then presented petitions from Dunfermline, Pennycuick, Lanark, West Calder, and two or three other places, against any further endowment to the Church Scotland. The Noble and Learned Lord presented petitions from Totness and Bridgeton, Warmington, Cardigan, Bilston, Northampton, Nottingham, Liverpool, Stockton-upon-Tees, Southampton, Whitchurch, Lancaster, Dudley, Ecclesficld, Haverfordwest, Chelt?nham, Northallerton, Frome, Somerset, Halifax, Bath, the Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society meeting in Dublin, and a great number of other places praying for the immediate abolition of Negro-apprenticeship. The Noble and Learned Lord stated that he had on this occasion pre sented nearly 100 petitions praying for the immediate termina tion of Negro-apprenticeship; and that it was from no want of consideration for the subject, as little from want of great re spect to those who had entrusted him with the presentation of the petitions, that he merely, in presenting them, named the places from whence they came, as time would admit of nothing more. Lord RADNOR presented petitions to the like effect. Lord RE DE SD ALE presented a petition from the Wes leyan Methodist meeting at Coleraine to the same effect. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY had also to present a number of petitions on the same subject ; though there was a difference in the expressions used by the petitioners, they all concurred in one prayer, that the apprenticeship system might cease on the Ist of August next. The petitions came from the inhabitants of North Walsharn, he believed most respect ably, and he knew that it was numerously, signed by 11,000 persons; another was from the Wesleyan Methodists of Hud dersfield ; another from a place near Bradford ; another from the Wesleyan Methodists of Bradford ; and five other peti tions, the names of which did not reach us. . . The Bishop of LONDON stated that he had a petition to present, which he should now lay on their Lordships' table, very numerously and respectably signed by persons of two or three different religious persuasions, and which had been entrusted to him that he might express his concurrence in its prayer, if he could. The petition was from the inhabitants of Tottenham, and praying that an end might be put to Negro-apprenticeship on or before the first of August next, upon the ground that one of the part:es to the contract had violated his engagement. Now, if he could be fully persuaded that that was the case, he, for one, should have no hesitation in expressing his opinion that it was just as well as expedient to put an end to that appren ticeship. He thought that that was the only point of impor tance and of difficulty in the case, because he had no doubt, that as far as the safety of the Colony and the interests of the country at large were concerned, it would be very desirable to put an end as soon as possible to the apprenticeship.—( Hear. ) He was not prepared, however, at present to say that the planters had violated their engagement. Even if a consider able number of them had violated it, and a minority of them had observed good faith, he was not prepared to assent to the proposition that the few should be made to suffer for the conduct of the majority ; yet he was not quite sure that the interests of humanity ought not to prevail against the in terests of the planters. If the safety of the Colonies were to be considered as dependent upon the frame of mind of the popula tion at the end of the apprenticeship system, and if any danger were likely to result front the exasperated feelings of the population, when that termination should arrive, he thought there was less danger likely to result now than if they waited for a few years longer before they put an end to the system. I As to compensation he (the Lord Bishop of London) was aware that the compensation was agreed to be paid to the planters on the calculation of their rat a i L i ng s i x years services of the negroes,—and for a deferred emancipa tion.---( Hear, hear.) But this country a p peare d n ,„, fully convinced that the same sum, if paid for immediate eman cipation, wouldha.ve been quite cookkail ; on pecuniary grounds, therefore, a planter had no very; great reason to com plain. He was convinced that immediate emancipation would be beneficial to the country and to the colonies.__( Hear, hear. ) Still he felt bound to adhere to the compact which had been entered into, unless a strong oase had been made out of a breach of that cornvaet on the part of the planters.--( Ilea.r.) But if it were pos4blo to accomplish the iottnediate eman cipation of the negroes, ho was sure it would have a great tendency to render the coloured population of the West tidies an industrious, moral, and happy community— sensible of the advantages they enjoyed as the subjects of a free country.—( Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said he had been amply recompensed for all his anxiety on this subject by the declarations—first of his Noble Friend the late Governor of Jamaica ( Lord Sligo: then of his Noble Friend opposite ( Lord Wharecliff d) and thirdly, by th e Ri g h t R ev . P re l ate , i n t h e temperate, In ,, but weighty obs erva ti ons b e had just -..eae —( • • hear.) . And if anything could increase his (Lord B.'s) desire to acce lerate the progress of the Bill which he had introduced on this subject, it would be what had fallen from the Right Rev. Prelate; and he trusted that the doubts of the Right Rev. Prelate would be speedily allayed by a further consideration of the question.—(Hear, hear.) He (Lord Brougham) re gretted that he was not present yesterday in their Lordships' House, when his Noble Friend ( Lord Sligo) ncquired an increased title to the gratitude and praise of his fel low-citizens, by the declaration which lie had made, that, whatever was the conduct of the Imperial or the Colc nial Legislatures, he would set free his indentured apprentices on the Ist of August. Conduct like this was honourable to him, and would not be without its effect on those who had ap plied their minds to the practical consideration of the subject ; it also bore the strongest testimony to what had been stated by the Rev. Prelate, that there was no longer any doubt of the safety of the measure, and that it was for the advantage of the colonies and the slave, and creditable and profitable as regarded the mother country ; for when his Hon. Friend came forward and stated that he thought he could safely, and without sacri fice, take this step, then they might safely say it would be still more safe if it were made a general measure. He hoped to convince the Right Rev. Prelate that there was nothing in the nature of this compact, which would prevent the Rev. Prelate's scruples being got over. Lord WHARNC LUTE said, that unless some regula tions were made to satisfy his mind, he should be ready to go the whole length of emancipating the slaves in August next. He doubted whether it were possible to emancipate the slaves in these Islands without some preparation in the way of legislation, otherwise the blacks might claim to have a vote for the House of Assembly ; then came the questions of police and poor laws. Those persons who had hitherto been sup ported by their masters would require support, and it would be necessary that some legal provision should be made for them. Another strong point was, when the proposition was first brought forward, that the planters should have a loan of fifteen millions and the services of these persons for twelve years—that period was shortened to six years on condition of their receiving a gift of twenty million. There could not be the slightest doubt, therefore, that the services of these people were secured for six years. These were the doubts on his mind; but the atrocities committed in that country had been so great— the refusal to pass the laws which were necesary for the protection of the slaves—these circumstances were such that he was convinced unless some regulations were made to insure the proper treatment of the slaves dining the re maining two years, he was prepared to emancipate them at once. The Marquis of SLIGO said the qualification for voting was 161. 10s. (10/. sterling); he objected to that as too much, thinking 101. currency sufficient. If the blacks obtained property and influence they ought to be represented, and he was sure the Noble Lord would not object to it. With respect to the militia, he wished it were altogether black. He wished to sec the police increased. With respect to the Poor laws, he considered they were necessary for the slaves and the planters. If a meeting of this Assembly was called on the information of this Bill being passed, he was confident that a Poor-law would be passed immediately, and be was confident that measures of greater liberality would be adopted when they saw the determination of this country that these measures should be carried into effect. The Noble Lord then presented petitions from Stapleford, Kimberley, and a great number of other places in the county of Nottingham, praying for the abolition of the system of negro apprenticeship. Lord WHARNCLIFFE having offered a few words i❑ explanation, which were inaudible in the gallery, Lord BROUGHAM said that the case of the island of Antigua might be mentioned, where there were 35,000 free negroes without any Poor-law. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that that was an island, the whole of which was well cultivated. Lord BROUGHAM—And that would render a Poor-law even more necessary. The Marquis of SLIGO then presented petitions in favour of the abolition of the apprenticeship system from Sutton Ashley, from Sttplcford, from Eastwood and Kimberley, from Beeston, from New Bisford, from Baslord, and from Brenton. The Earl of ALBEMARLE also presented a petition to .he same effect from Ipsoich. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions signed by 2,239 persons residing in Dunfermline, from the United Secession Congregations of Lanark, West Calder, and two other places in Scotland, praying that no further grants might be made to the Scottish Church. BEER SHOPS. Lord BROUGHAM also presented a petition from the licensed victuallers and other persons resident at Beverley, in Yorkshire, against beer-shops being licensed for the sale of beer on the premises. The Earl of iVINC HIL SE A presented a similar petition from the guardians of the poor and other respectable in habitants of a parish in Lincolnshire, and begged to ex press his entire concurrence in the prayer of the petitioners, which was, that the Act permitting the general sale of beer might be repealed. He was convinced that the present system had tended much to demoralise the people of this country. _ _ POOR-LAWS. The Earl of WINCHIL SE A presented a petition front the guardians of the poor of a union in the county of Lincoln, against the Beer Act. He expressed a sincere hope that this House would tike up this subject, and revise the law, for he was satisfied that it had tended greatly to demoralise the poor. The Noble Earl then presented a petition from the guar dians of the poor of the Kettering Union, expreeiive of their belief that the Poor-law had been beneficial, hue at the same time complaining that they had not the discret;. onar y p ower o f granting out-door relief. He perfectly concueTed in the state ments made by the petitioners, and he hotted that a power of' that description would be a ff o rd e d, as he wets convinced, front his own experience, of fee absolute necessity of it. Many cases had occurred during the late severe weather which rendered such a power essential, in order that the industrious poor might have the benefit of it. The Noble Earl then alluded to the statements which had been made in that House by m. Noble Earl not now in his place (L or d Stanhope), and he regretted that they should have been made at all ; for he wars satisfied they had a mischievous effect on the morals of the lot cer orders in the country. There had also appeared some letters calculated to inflame the minds of the working classes, which had been dis tributed in the manufacturing districts. Fie must say that he teought they were highly prejudicial, and, it would be well if her Majesty's Ministers would turn their attention to the sub ject. Those letters were mitten and, published by wicked, designing people, in order to inflame and disquiet the mimic of the lower clas , cs, misrepresenting the effects of the Poor laws. The last Act upon that subject had never been framed with the view of the paltry saving which it effected, but with a more enlarged and statesmanlike view, as being calculated to restore the working classes to that moral condition which in former ages they exhibited. As regarded the prayer of the petition he most cordially coincided in it, a,nd should be glad to see the suggestion adopted. The Earl of RADNOR defended that pro vision of the Bill of which the petitioners complained. Besides, the petitioners had shown no case of inconvenience having,' arisen. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said that he had a letter which accompanied the petition, pointin g ; out some cases of hardship which had taken place. After a few observations from Lord LILFORD, the peti tion was laid upon the table. Lord W I-1 KR NC LIFFE deferred until Monday his motion for the production of the correspoudence which had trans pired between the Commissioners and the Guardians of the Windsor union. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists' Affirmation Bill was read a second time. 'The Marquis of CLANMARDE complain-A of the non-production of certain r'turns relative to the constabulary force in Ireland, which had been some time ago ordered by the House, and he moved their production forthwith.— Agreed to. The Archbishop of C ANTWRBURY presented petitions for the immediate abolition of negro apprenticeship, front North Walsham, containing 11,000 signatures, Huddersfield, Bradford, and other places. On the motion of Lxcl COLCHESTER, certain returns connected with the capture ofslave ships on the coast oQ Africa, were ordered. The House then adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAReg 23. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the:usual hour. Mr. CRAFER from the Treasury ?resented papers, TAMWORTE-1 ELECTION. Colonel LYGON appeared at the bar, and, stated that the Committee appointed to try the merits of thi; petition against the return for the Borel:tgli of Tamwora, had determined that Henry Edward A'Court, Esq., the Sitting Member, had been duly elected, and that the petition against his return, and the opposition thereto, were neither fri•tolous nor vexatious. 1111 : .PROTHEROE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to repair the Halifax road. Mr. J. A, SMITH brought in the West India Dock Bill. Captain WINNINGTON obtained leave to br'Ang in a Bill to improve the Severn navigation. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the Edin burgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company, 'against the Edin burgh and. Glasgow Railway Bill. Mr. HALL moved for leave to bring in a Bill, for paving St. Pancras._Agreed to, Sir G. STRICKLAND brought up the report of the Committee on. the Hudde:•sfield Road Bill. Mr. PALMER brciught up the report r,f the Committee on the elfast Water Works Bilk MOY NAVIGATION PALL Colonel PE RCE VAL moved that the report of the Com mittee on the Riper Mov Bill he referred back to the Com mittee on the Standing- Orders. Mr. PA LM ER inquired what. report the lion. and Gallant Member alluded to ? Colonel PERCEVAI, said, he meant the. Report that was referred to the Sub-committee. Mr. R. PALMER (w)o spoke so indistinctly as to be scarcely audible in the gallery), w..ts understood to say that the Standing Orders Committee '.fad reported that the Stand ing Orders ought no!. to 'oe in ~ nis eas, dispeascd and the Sub-committee had decid'Al that the Bill ought nut to be Feeceded with. Sir GEORGE STRICKLANI) thought thw.t this mls not :a entitled the pa r t i es to indulgeuc:e from the Standing case Committee. The Coramittee had st a i been aee,, ise d of being too indulgent in frirmer instances, and . es a member of it, he was certainly opposed t, a case which furnished such slight trt• , ,mnds for it being made the subject of a further charge against them. Colonel PERCE AL sail that th , al.e were some 11CM features in favour of the Bill, which "nr.d not bmn laid Le fore the Standing, Orders Committee, a•Akl therelorv'it was he &